Unknown Programs?

I dont know if this is the right place to post this but i was looking at my list of programs and i have things listed like MSI2F.tmp,MSI3E.tmp,ns18.tmp,ns1.tmp,ns22.tmp does anyone know what these are? and what should i do with them, should i block them?
Thanks.

Re: Unknown Programs?

i googled them nothing really came up and i cant find them anywhere on my computer the only place is i see them is listed in zonealarm program list, does it mean they are still there even though i cant find them because i done a disc cleanup yesterday?

Re: Unknown Programs?

Sorry to sound dumb but right click where? because when i right click thier name in zonealarm it just say remove or add program and obviously i cant right click the files because i cant find them in my computer.
Sorry.

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Tori123, you name your post 'unknown programs?' did you ever see and read the thread just below yours ( the top post in this board- previously) "How can I remove programs in program control panel" > click here > http://forums.zonelabs.com/showthread.php?t=70815 .

".tmp" = are usually temp files that are made when you've just installed any new software, downloaded a program, upgraded/ updated anything - these are temporary codes/ files that a pc creates, and later is not needed and can be 'usually' deleted - by you the user.

Depending on what ZA product you have (please always list your ZA firewall product, your OS - XP SP2/ 3, or Vista SP1/ 2, and the version number of your ZA firewall product. 8.0.298, 9.0., etc.) - you may still have cache cleaner that will actually clean up the files after you have 'only removed the names off your ZA program control panel' [ it's explained in my post that I mentioned above] or you can use your browser's clean-up of temp files. etc. Again there are explanaions from and by Microsoft/ Firefox, etc. on how and what to do exactly.
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If you want a recommendation for a 'cache cleaner' = clean-up your pc of old temp files (this will actully clear-out/ remove/ delete these types of old unused/ un-needed files)...

Cache cleaner: in most browsers IE7/8, Firefox, etc. there are controls, settings where you can also clean the cache/ cookies/ history, temp files, etc.

Recommended by most Guru/ Senior members - you can obtain the "free" CCLeaner. (I use this myself - it has more options/ settings and will do extra activities to help clean up pc's.)

Re: Unknown Programs?

Hi naivemelody, thank you so much for your help and advice, im sorry i never listed my details of what zonealarm i was using etc. i just sort of charged in wondering what these program were.
I read the other thread and it was very helpful and i followed your advice and done a reset so my programs list will be new and also yeterday i did do a cleanup with ccleaner and i noticed it deleted .tmp files.
So Thank you again!
And Thank you to Fax too who was trying to help me earlier in the thread.

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Hey Fax just to let you know when i clicked on the program in zonealarm i was looking at the entry detail at the bottom and the file name and i was looking in the location that was shown c:\windows etc. and thats where i couldn't find them.